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Irish to English Translation please? From Gravestone.

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  • 17-06-2020 11:41am
    #1
    OL16
    Registered Users Posts: 59 ✭✭


    Moderator please feel free to move;

    Looking for translation please. Words from relatives gravestone. A few words I am unsure of? Could they be old Irish? I'm getting around 90% of the words but....Help! Thank you in advance.

    "In-dil-Cuimne
    Seain O Broin
    A fuair baran 6ad La
    Aibreain
    1920
    Lucj Cumainn Sinn Fein agus
    Oglaig na h-Eireann Kilcruise
    A jos"


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    #2
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,858 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    OL16 wrote: »
    A few words I am unsure of? Could they be old Irish? I'm getting around 90% of the words but....Help! Thank you in advance.

    I don't think there's any Old Irish there, but I'd guess they might have engraved it in the traditional Celtic font.
    "In-dil-Cuimne
    Seain O Broin
    A fuair baran 6ad La
    Aibreain
    1920
    Lucj Cumainn Sinn Fein agus
    Oglaig na h-Eireann Kilcruise
    A jos"

    "I ndil chuimhne
    Seáin Ó Broin
    A fuair bás ar an 6ú lá
    d'Aibreáin
    1920
    Lucht Chumainn Sinn Féin agus
    Óglaigh na hÉireann Kilcruise
    A thóg."

    In loving memory of Seán Ó Broin, who died on the 6th of April 1920. Erected by the people of the Kilcruise branch of Sinn Féin and Óglaigh na hÉireann (Irish Volunteers/IRA)


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    #3
    OL16
    Registered Users Posts: 59 ✭✭OL16


    Thanks IO. You got the words I missed. Yes, it must be the traditional Celtic Font.


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